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Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff is affiliated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, and Geology.

The scientist's recent publications cover a variety of topics related to oceanographic and geochemical processes, including riverine and shelf-derived trace elements, particle-seawater interactions, and trace metal distribution in polar and marine environments. Notable recent papers include:

  • The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf-Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)
  • Particle-Seawater Interaction of Neodymium in the North Atlantic (2020, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry)
  • Mercury Export Flux in the Arctic Ocean Estimated from 234Th/238U Disequilibria (2020, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry)
  • Dissolved Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, and Zn in the Arctic Ocean (2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)
  • Separating individual contributions of major Siberian rivers in the Transpolar Drift of the Arctic Ocean (2021, Scientific Reports)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff include:

  • Dorothea Bauch
  • Ronja Paffrath
  • Walter Geibert
  • Loes J. A. Gerringa
  • Ole Valk

Michiel M Rutgers van der Loeff publishes regularly in several scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Scientific Reports
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Nature Communications

Their main research topics include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Radioactive contamination and transfer
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Best Publications

  • An assessment of the use of sediment traps for estimating upper ocean particle fluxes

    Ken O. Buesseler;Avan N. Antia;Min Chen;Scott W. Fowler

  • 230Th-normalization: an essential tool for interpreting sedimentary fluxes during the late Quaternary

    Roger Francois;Martin Frank;Michiel M. Rutgers van der Loeff;Michael P. Bacon

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2017

    Reiner Schlitzer;Robert F. Anderson;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Maeve Lohan

  • GEOTRACES – An international study of the global marine biogeochemical cycles of trace elements and their isotopes

    G.M. Henderson;R.F. Anderson;J. Adkins;P. Andersson

  • Sampling and Sample-handling Protocols for GEOTRACES Cruises

    G. Cutter;P. Andersson;Lou Codispoti;P. Croot

  • Trapping efficiency of bottom-tethered sediment traps estimated from the intercepted fluxes of 230Th and 231Pa

    Ein-Fen Yu;R. Francois;M. P. Bacon;S. Honjo

  • Comparison of summer and winter inorganic carbon, oxygen and nutrient concentrations in Antarctic sea ice brine

    Markus Gleitz;Michiel Rutgers v.d. Loeff;David N. Thomas;Gerhard S. Dieckmann

  • Similar glacial and interglacial export bioproductivity in the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean: Multiproxy evidence and implications for glacial atmospheric CO2

    Martin Frank;Rainer Gersonde;Michiel Rutgers van der Loeff;Gerhard Bohrmann

  • Oxygen uptake kinetics in the benthic boundary layer

    Per O. J. Hall;Leif G. Anderson;Michiel M. Rutgers van der Loeff;Bjørn Sundby

  • Benthic fluxes of cadmium, copper, nickel, zinc and lead in the coastal environment

    Stig F.G. Westerlund;Leif G. Anderson;Per O.J. Hall;Åke Iverfeldt

  • Trapping efficiencies of sediment traps from the deep Eastern North Atlantic:: the 230Th calibration

    Jan Scholten;Jan Fietzke;S. Vogler;M. Rutgers van der Loeff

  • Ecology and biogeochemistry of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current during austral spring a summary of Southern Ocean JGOFS cruise ANT X/6 of R. V. Polarstern

    V. Smetacek;de Henricus Baar;U. Bathmann;K. Lochte

  • Low dissolved Fe and the absence of diatom blooms in remote Pacific waters of the Southern Ocean

    Hein J.W. de Baar;Jeroen T.M. de Jong;Rob F. Nolting;Klaas R. Timmermans

  • Scavenging of 230Th and 231Pa near the antarctic polar front in the South Atlantic

    Michiel M. Rutgers van der Loeff;Gijs W. Berger

  • Carbon export during the spring bloom at the Antarctic Polar Front, determined with the natural tracer 234Th

    Michiel M. Rutgers Van Der Loeff;Jana Friedrich;Ulrich V. Bathmann

  • The asphyxiation technique: An approach to distinguishing between molecular diffusion and biologically mediated transport at the sediment—water interface

    Michiel M. Rutgers van der Loeff;Leif G. Anderson;Per O. J. Hall;Åke Iverfeldt

  • A two-tracer (210Po-234Th) approach to distinguish organic carbon and biogenic silica export flux in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

    Jana Friedrich;Michiel M. Rutgers van der Loeff

  • Provenance and transport of terrigenous sediment in the south Atlantic Ocean and their relations to glacial and interglacial cycles: Nd and Sr isotopic evidence

    H.J Walter;E Hegner;B Diekmann;G Kuhn

  • An intercomparison of small- and large-volume techniques for thorium-234 in seawater

    Ken O. Buesseler;Claudia Benitez-Nelson;Michiel Rutgers van der Loeff;John Andrews

  • The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf-Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean

    Matthew A. Charette;Lauren E. Kipp;Lauren E. Kipp;Laramie T. Jensen;Jessica S. Dabrowski

  • Transportation of water, particulate and dissolved organic and inorganic matter between a salt marsh and the Ems-Dollard estuary, The Netherlands

    Norbert Dankers;Michel Binsbergen;Koos Zegers;Remi Laane

  • The GEOTRACES Intermediate Data Product 2014

    Edward Mawji;Reiner Schlitzer;Elena Masferrer Dodas;Cyril Abadie

Frequent Co-Authors

Ulrich Bathmann
Ulrich Bathmann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Hein J W de Baar
Hein J W de Baar University of Groningen
Astrid Bracher
Astrid Bracher University of Bremen
Pere Masqué
Pere Masqué Edith Cowan University
Augusto Mangini
Augusto Mangini Heidelberg University
Dorothea Bauch
Dorothea Bauch GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Nicolas Cassar
Nicolas Cassar Duke University
Ken O. Buesseler
Ken O. Buesseler Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Benjamin Rabe
Benjamin Rabe Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Humberto E. González
Humberto E. González Austral University of Chile

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